The second volume is full of glory and splendor in the capital, and the spirit is full of vitality in the foggy city. Chapter 285: Lion's Roar (Part 1)
The subtitle of this chapter: The Lion’s Roar of Buddhism, the Dispute between Chen and Lu.
"If no one recognizes her, we'll have to send her to the hospital first."
Miss Moman was taken to the hospital unconscious.
Fortunately, her boss did not forget her. After some twists and turns, the people he sent finally found the female secretary and brought her to the Baker family's villa.
It goes without saying that Britain and the United States share common roots. Furthermore, the banking communities of the two countries are closely connected. For example, J.P. Morgan and his family spent half their year in Britain.
As mentioned earlier, almost all cruise ships crossing the Atlantic dock at the Port of Southampton, so it is normal for the Baker family to own a villa here.
When Miss Merman arrived, the others were having dinner in a large dining room.
"Aisi, are you okay?"
Our Master Yuan really felt a little sorry for his secretary. When he saw her come in, he immediately took off his napkin and stood up to greet her.
"You, you, don't come over here!" Miss Moman jumped back like a frightened little rabbit, looking at her boss with fear.
Yuan Yan scratched her head and asked, "Ai Si, what's wrong with you?"
"You, you, you eat bugs and yet you yell at me like that..." Her female secretary couldn't help crying.
Master Yuan, feeling guilty, patiently explained, "Ai Si, you don't understand. Insects are rich in protein and trace elements. Eating insects can quickly replenish your energy and is also good for your health. I didn't mean to yell at you just now. I was just channeling my Qi at the time, so the sound was a little loud."
"Okay, I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry." He immediately resorted to the ultimate weapon: "Starting next week, I'll give you an extra $10 a week."
"30."
“20.”
"make a deal."
"Alright, Aisi. Go get some rest."
Yuan Yan quickly sent away her female secretary and returned to the dining table to continue eating.
Xu Zhimo couldn't help but ask, "Brother Hongjian, I saw it with all my heart. You made those people fall to their knees with just one shout. How did you do it?"
Chen Xiying beside him also showed curiosity.
"Brother, I only know a little bit about Chinese martial arts."
Master Yuan wiped his mouth with a napkin and said in Chinese, "This skill is called Lion's Roar, one of the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills..."
"When I was young, I went to Jiangyin Wukong Temple with my parents to pay homage. Brother Tongbo should know that it is one of the "Four Hundred and Eighty Temples of the Southern Dynasties"..."
Well, Wukong Temple has nothing to do with the Monkey King. This ancient temple, with a long history, was first built in the sixth century during the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties. In 980 AD, during the fifth year of the Taipingxingguo reign of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed "Wukong Temple" by imperial decree.
In 1006, a seven-story pagoda was built, named the Huazang Pagoda, also known as the Wukong Pagoda. Together with the Xingguo Pagoda in Jiangyin City, it was known as the "Twin Pagodas of Chengjiang." At its peak, temples and buildings were connected, the pagoda towered, and green trees shaded the area. Numerous monks flocked to the area, and incense was abundant.
In the 21st century, the real relics of Master Sengjia, a great monk of the Tang Dynasty known as "Sizhou Great Monk", were discovered at the ruins of Wukong Temple.
This master Sengjia from the Western Regions is believed to be the incarnation of Avalokitesvara in different periods, just like Bodhidharma.
"So there we met a Shaolin monk who was staying there. As soon as he saw me, he praised my extraordinary bones and said I was a martial arts genius, and begged my father to accept me as his disciple..."
"Qi Sen, you know that I am the eldest son of my family. My father was unwilling to let me go and never allowed me to do so. The master had no choice but to hastily teach me a convenient method..."
"It's this Lion's Roar. Unfortunately, brother, I never took it to heart, so I didn't achieve anything..."
"But after I fell last year, I somehow remembered this incident again. I've been practicing diligently lately, and unexpectedly, I've made some progress..."
"You can see it too. This lion's roar can at least deter bad guys."
"I see……"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhimo nodded in admiration.
Why does "my friend Xu Zhimo" have many friends and is popular? It is because he is a "man of temperament".
To put it bluntly, Xiao Xu is simple-minded and in some ways like a child who has not grown up. He even pulls his friends aside on rainy days to "watch the rainbow after the rain."
" His friend not only said he wasn't going, but also urged Shima to change his soaking wet clothes and put on a raincoat before going out. The humidity in England is no joke. Shima didn't even wait for him to finish his words and ran off."
This was written by Lin Huiyin in "Mourning Zhimo" and should be a true story.
Remember, this was 1921, before antibiotics, and a cold that turned into pneumonia could be fatal. Xu Zhimo was truly playing with his life.
This kind of person will really believe whatever his friends say.
"I see?"
Chen Xiying, however, looked skeptical.
This man had come to this foreign country to study at the age of 16, so he was inevitably a bit more mature. Moreover, he and Master Yuan were not familiar with each other, let alone a close relationship.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this disappointing thing."
Yuan Yan suddenly changed the subject and said, "Qi Sen, we haven't seen each other for a long time. We must have a good chat today!"
"That's right." Xu Zhimo nodded vigorously, but he glanced at Einstein at the table and said, "But Brother Hongjian, please do me a favor first."
"Hey, we're friends now. Just tell me what you want me to do for you."
"It's like this..."
It turns out that after Russell visited China the previous year, he gave a lecture specifically on the Theory of Relativity, which immediately sparked the interest of Chinese scholars in this most prominent Western discipline at the time.
This group of people only half understood what he said, so Liang Qichao specially wrote a letter to his disciple Xu Zhimo, asking him to write an article introducing "Theory of Relativity".
Xu Zhimo actually wrote it and published it in the "Reform" magazine in April this year. The title was "Anstein's Relativism - A Great Revolution in the Physics World."
As mentioned earlier, this is the first popular science book in Chinese about the Theory of Relativity.
"I read the Theory of Relativity through, but I'm a fool and only understood a little bit. Now..."
Our Master Yuan chuckled and said, "Now that the True Buddha is before us, you want to go up and seek the True Sutra, right?"
He sincerely thought this was a good thing. If Xu Zhimo, a relatively intelligent scholar, turned his interest to theoretical physics, it would be a great boon for the development of Chinese physics and for him personally.
"Okay, Qisen. I'll introduce you to them after I finish my meal..."
So after dinner, Yuan Yanshu really asked Einstein to explain the Theory of Relativity to Xu Zhimo.
His other four second-generation rich friends were in the middle of a passionate relationship and were moving around freely and without any organization. Only he and Chen Xiying were left in the restaurant.
So Master Yuan smiled at him and said, "Brother Tong, if you don't mind, why don't we have a chat?"
Chen Xiying said excitedly, "That's what I wish. I dare not ask for your advice."
"That's too much to ask for advice." Yuan Yan waved her hand and said, "Brother, I heard you're an English literature major, so I'd like to hear your opinion on my humble work."
In fact, he secretly curled his lips and thought that English literature was of no use these days.
Even if one studies Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spencer, Swift, Byron, Shelley, Keats, the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, Dickens and other great writers in great detail, what good will it do to Seres?
By the same token, he had a similar view on the "Harvard Three", believing that the knowledge they researched could indeed embellish a prosperous era, but in such troubled times, they were not as good as economists like him.
This is not because he is "parochial." For example, look at Ma, Liu, and He Fang, the four great economists of the Republic of China.
There is no need to say much about Ma Yinchu, the leader.
He Lian, whom Master Yuan met, made many contributions to the issue of urban price index.
Although Liu Dajun served as an official in the Nationalist government and later settled in the United States, he established a fairly robust economic statistics system. He was also a member of the "Industrial Party" and authored the book "Industrialization and China's Industrial Construction."
Fang Xianting spent a lot of energy studying China's agricultural problems, and he also proposed the theory of "controlled economy".
In comparison, Chen, Wu, Tang and the Chen Xiying in front of him are all studying some flashy and superficial things.
The two of them came to the smoking room and chose a seat by the window.
"Brother Tong, what does the British literary world think of my works?"
"In one word, convinced!"
Chen Xiying praised sincerely, "At least the writers and critics I know all praise Brother Hongjian's works, especially A Song of Ice and Fire. After reading it, many people said they didn't expect an Oriental to write such a Westernized work..."
People with a strong sense of apprehension will definitely like this book, as it is a magical version of British history. Furthermore, "A Song of Ice and Fire" is very "Westernized" in terms of both subject matter and purpose.
“Snap!”
Yuan Yan, who had just lit a cigar, interrupted, "Brother Tong, hasn't anyone ever said that my book is pornographic or violent?"
"Very pornographic and violent?! Hahaha..." Chen Xiying laughed, "Indeed, there are a group of old scholars and moralists who say so, but it's just pedantic talk. Brother Hongjian, don't take it to heart."
Really, how can I not take this issue to heart?
If the British government used this excuse to ban his book, who would he ask for royalties?
"A Song of Ice and Fire" is his longest novel, and it would be a shame if it were banned in the UK.
One of the purposes of our Master Yuan's visit was to discuss this matter with the British publisher. After all, no matter how much he disliked the British Empire, he would not dislike the British pound issued by the British Empire.
"My favorite is Brother Hongjian's "Rural Teacher"..." Chen Xiying raised his glasses and raised his voice.
Yuan Yanshu wasn't surprised by this at all. This was perfectly normal; this novel was exactly what the Serbian intellectuals, who were determined to change the current situation, were looking for.
"We in China should establish a universal education system just like what Brother Hongjian described in his book!"
But he also believes that those who can truly understand the hidden meaning of "The Rural Teacher" are rare. And Chen Xiying, a typical Anglo-American intellectual, really doesn't understand it.
Because if we want to establish an education system that is popularized to village-level administrative units like in "Rural Teachers", we must turn the entire Seris upside down!
Just imagine, the respectable teacher in the book at least knows Newton's three laws, which is definitely at the junior high school level.
Even after liberation, a junior high school student in New Seris could be considered a minor intellectual, and there was absolutely no problem for him to be a white-collar worker such as an accountant or a low-level clerk.
If a white-collar worker is sent to a remote area to be a teacher and he is really willing to go, then you can imagine how strong the appeal and execution ability of this country's government is.
So what we need to establish is not a universal education system, but a complete transformation of this country!
"Brother Tongbo, knowing is easy, but doing is hard. That's why this is a science fiction novel..."
Master Yuan sighed and changed the subject, "Brother Tongbo, when are you planning to return home?"
Chen Xiying answered frankly, "Next year. Like Brother Hongjian, I will return to China after I get my doctorate..."
After returning to China, you became a professor at Peking University.
In 1924, you, Hu Shi, Xu Zhimo, and Wang Shijie founded the Modern Review.》.
Then you had a dispute with Lu Xun, which left a not-so-good mark in the history of modern Chinese literature.
But then again, if Chen Xiying had not had such a debate with Mr. Lu Xun, who was as famous as Mr. Hongjian, he might not have been so famous just because of the anecdote that his wife, Ling Shuhua, a talented woman in the Republic of China, had an affair.
Moreover, on the surface, the feud between Chen and Lu began with the Beijing Normal University for Women incident in 1925, but in fact it involved the dispute between the "Anglo-American faction" and the "French-Japanese faction" within Peking University.
After Cai Yuanpei took charge of Peking University, he learned from the principles of professorial governance in Western universities and established a professorial council. This gave Peking University professors a certain degree of real power.
Having power will definitely bring benefits, and with benefits, competition will inevitably follow.
Therefore, Peking University was immediately divided into two major factions: the "Anglo-American faction" and the "French-Japanese faction", which formed groups to fight openly and secretly.
For example, if the school wants to hire a teacher, and the person they want to hire is someone who studied in the UK or the US, the French and Japanese faction will definitely nominate one of their own and ask for approval at the same time; if the French and Japanese faction nominates a candidate first, the British and American faction will definitely retaliate to achieve a balance.
The "Franco-Japanese School" is also called "Taiyan's disciples" because many of them were disciples of Zhang Taiyan. As you can imagine, most of them are from Zhejiang.
Thus, the Zhou brothers, two Shaoxing natives who had studied in Japan, inevitably became members of the "French-Japanese faction," and Badaowan, where the two brothers lived, became a gathering place for this faction.
Chen Xiying, a PhD student in the UK, is naturally a true "Anglo-American" person. However, the "Anglo-American" group is further divided into the British and American groups.
The "British faction" often frequented Dongjixiang Hutong, where Wang Shijie, Li Siguang, and Ding Xilin, three friends who had studied in England, were staying together. This faction later became the main force of the "Modern Criticism School."
The leader of the "American faction" was naturally Hu Shizhi, who initially lived in Nanduanzi Hutong, and a descendant of Tianmo even wrote a postcard to this address in 1920. He later moved to Zhonggu Temple.
His residence was packed with guests at the time, with "almost no place to sit", and became a club for liberal intellectuals.
Of course, the three factions are not so clearly divided, and many people move between the three camps. The British and American factions are even more intertwined.
However, due to the custom of intellectuals looking down on each other, and the conflicts of interest within Peking University, the relationship between the "Anglo-American faction" and the "French-Japanese faction" is really not good.
The Anglo-American faction's publications included Modern Review and the Morning Post Supplement, while the Franco-Japanese faction's publications included Yusi and the Beijing News Supplement. The two factions' publications clashed with each other, hurling insults. The content of their insults was known only to Peking University students; outsiders were baffled.
So the dispute between Chen and Lu was indeed a dispute of ideas, but it also involved personal grudges between the two factions. It was just that Chen Xiying's entry point was too poor, and Lu Xun's fighting power was too strong. In the end, "those who lose their way have few supporters", which led to his great defeat..
Yuan Yanshu was definitely too lazy to get involved in such nonsense. Anyway, he was not planning to hang out at Peking University, so he would just find a chance to be a visiting professor and show off.
He thought to himself, "You're courting death, and I can't do anything about it. Let's just be casual acquaintances."
But should "My Friend Xu Zhimo" try to save it...
"Hongjian, Tongbo. You two are here!"
Just as he thought of this question, our Master Yuan saw his "my friend Xu Zhimo" walking in excitedly.
